Re: [dsdp-mtj-dev] Release parts of MTJ in a permissive license

[Christian Kurzke <christian@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ian, Gorkem

The rationale behind proposing to use the EDL license for the UEI 
importer is that:

1) It is the most "complex" SDK importer, and shows good usage of the APIs
2) It may be useful for companies to use this code as a "template" to 
create their own, non EPL licenses commercial SDK importers.

We as a project need to weigh the advantages:
potentially easier implementation if SDK importers by commercial 3rd 
parties, leading to more available SDKs to be used with MTJ)

and the disadvantages:
Commercial 3rd party implementations will not "contribute back" to the 
common project code base-line.


-Christian



Ian Skerrett wrote:
> Not really sure why EPL is a hindrance in this scenario? Doesn’t EPL 
> allow for this?
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> the main idea here is to make it easier for some one to create its own 
> importer. since the UEI importer is the most complext one it provide a 
> lot of good ideas and good code to do that. if this plugin is released 
> as EDL it would be easier for any company to use its code (or parts of 
> the code)
>
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Gorkem Ercan <gercan@xxxxxxx 
> <mailto:gercan@xxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
> How does EPL hinder the further enhancing of the UEI importer?
> --
> Gorkem
>
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 8:02 PM, Gustavo Eliano 
> <gustavo.eliano@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:gustavo.eliano@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     Hi MTJ,
>
>     we had some discussion in todays call about releasing some parts
>     of MTJ in a permissive license. This would make it easier for
>     anyone to extend MTJ. Since this year, the Eclipse foundation
>     already accept to distribute example plugins as EDL (Eclipse
>     Distribution License). This is a BSD-like license, This link
>     <http://dev.eclipse.org/blogs/mike/2009/05/21/some-new-license-flexibility/>
>     have some details about that.
>
>     the initial proposal that came in the call was to have:
>     - release all examples both as EPL and EDL
>     - release the UEI importer both as EPL and EDL (still need to both
>     check if this is possible since it is not an example)
>
>     i really like this idea, but i would like to get a feedback from
>     eveyone on the list to see if this make sense or not.
>
>     :)
>     gep
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